-1Chapter 9: Oh Crap
Before I insult something, I must say that my mother is obsessed with going to bed at ridiculously early times. Anyway, I don't own Naruto, but someday, you'll watch me, someday, I'm going to own the world.
"Dinner's ready!" called Yuugao.
"FINALLY!" Izumo and Kotetsu ran in, pushing her aside. When everyone else that was CIVIL was in, we started to eat…or attempted to eat, I should say. What was sitting on the plate in front of me looked like…something you'd find decomposing somewhere in a morgue. My stomach churned.
"Well, eat up!" hissed Kurenai.
"Um, is this--"
"Eat the damn food right now." she returned. Asuma picked at it gently, and finally took a piece and dropped it into his mouth.
"HOLY CRAP!" he spit it out. "What is that?"
"Food!" Yuugao replied, busting out a can of soup. Kurenai did the same.
"Wait a minute…YOU RIPPED US OFF!" announced Kotetsu.
"Duh," the women replied. "We're not busting our butts cooking for you lazy slobs."
"Ah, well, it won't kill me. Izumo, dig my grave if I die." Kotetsu said solemnly.
"Okay."
Kotetsu winced, and stuffed some into his mouth. I expected a gag reflex, but what I saw was a satisfied chew and a swallow. Awkward silence…
"YUMMY!" Kotetsu was barreling most of his plate into his mouth.
"I don't like it, but I'll eat it!" chirped Raidou happily.
I looked at what sat before me, and then at the suicidal people.
"I'm going hunting," I announced.
"I'm joining," mumbled Asuma.
"After preparing this shit for hours, you're not going anywhere. Now eat up…" Kurenai said. Asuma whimpered, and I grimaced. "I'll give you a kiss, Asuma!" she taunted.
"Hand me that plate!" he commanded, grinning triumphantly.
"…I'm not hungry…"
"I don't care if you're starving or full Genma, you're eating."
With that, I was pinned to the ground and force fed a decent amount of the substance to permanently stupefy me. The kids ate normally. How, pray tell, could they shovel heaps and heaps of this crap into those mouths of theirs?
Before I fell asleep that night, I wondered how long I would last before the stuff took a toll on me. The fire had been put out hours ago, and it was quiet. But I heard something else. Giggles? Or sobs? Whispers, maybe? I quietly shifted in my sleeping bag and searched for the source of the sound in the dark. The familiar voice, the pitch…Ah, I'm a complete retard. It was Anko. Her giggles filled my head. I sighed out of complete desperation.
Where was she? Was she…alive? I couldn't bear to think of it.
I suddenly felt something tap my side. This is serious. Am I feeling her fingers tickling me again? Senile dementia…I was right. Wow. I ignore the feeling, and tried to drift off to sleep. The tapping continued.
"Genma?" whispered a voice. Or, should I say, hallucination. I turned to face the Inuzuka and Ino was next to him, both crouched over me.
"What?"
"We don't feel good."
"Not my problem,"
"Our teachers won't wake up!" she whined.
"Well, what do you want me to do? Blast a shotgun aimlessly only to wake them up? If you don't feel good, then rest. Or something.
"That's why woke up!" replied Kiba. "We feel like shit on an Arizona day!" What is this crazy kid talking about?
"Again, what do you want me to do?"
"Can you help us?"
"With what?" These kids will face the side of me that comes when I don't get enough sleep.
"We don't feel good!" whined Kiba this time. I have no choice but to get up. I sat up to my normal height and studied them, or what I could see in the dark. Nurse Genma is in…
"Okay, well, specify."
" 'Kay. It's our stomachs!"
"Ask the unknown chemical we ate," I replied stonily. If you asked what we ate a question, it wouldn't surprise me if it answered…Are these kids dumb or something?
"Do we feel hot to you?" Are they serious? They want me to touch them? Their foreheads? UGH! That's gross! I don't want to touch sick people, much less teens!
"What is the damn racket?" Kakashi, who was near us in his sleeping bag, shot up, pissed off. Who can blame him?
"These two don't feel good." Kakashi made a noise in his throat and reached forward to put a hand on Kiba's forehead. And, to accomplish that, he brushed greasy brown bangs from his forehead. How did he do that without wincing? Kakashi did it almost lovingly! I wouldn't, couldn't do it to even people our age.
"Oh, Kiba. You feel a bit warm." Kakashi went to Ino next. "You do too. Do you guys want to sleep near me?"
"Okay," the other two agreed. The teenagers dragged their sleeping bags over close to Kakashi's and laid there. Kakashi didn't seem to mind the fact two sick kids are near him. I'm no germaphobe, believe me, but teens…
"Genma."
"God, what? Go away!"
I don't know or care who I'm talking to, but because of the pitch I was guessing it was one of the adults.
"Don't talk to me that way!" I detected the familiar note of Hyuuga pride, and I was sure it was Neji. The Hyuugas tend to pronounce words briskly, but so nicely and clear. I love it when they talk. But not at this time, or in that tone.
"Son, shut up. Don't talk to me that way." I heard him scoff.
"Do you think I care about what you think?"
"Fuck you…" I mumbled.
"Want to repeat that?" I heard Neji say.
"Is that a challenge, son?"
"Perhaps, now wake the hell up."
"Make me." he sighed.
"I don't have time for this! If you want to know something, WAKE UP."
I sat up and blinked. The light streaming into the cave was extraordinarily bright, nearly blinding me. Neji glared at me. "Finally."
"Brief me…"
"Alright. Well, went sent Iruka and Raidou--"
"WHY?" The Hyuuga sighed in complete exasperation.
"Let me finish!" regaining his composure, he continued. "We sent them to go scout the area for any possible hideouts. They returned with several possible locations. We tried to wake you up, but it was useless. Anyway, they went off to go search a bit more. I wanted to let you know. Answer your question?" I stared at him blankly.
"Yes. What time is it and where's everyone else?" Neji scoffed.
"Look around, and it's about seven thirty."
"Seven thirty?"
"Yes. Raidou and Iruka went off at around five."
"In the morning?"
"Obviously. Izumo, Asuma, Hayate, Kotetsu…" Neji looked over his shoulder, came closer to me and whispered, "they went to go find edible things…" I sighed and shook my head. But isn't it a bit fucking early for that?!
I slid out of my sleeping back and studied the illuminated cave. I saw that the cave was relatively empty except for the Hyuuga whore, Neji, Ino, and Kurenai…oh, Kiba too, but I couldn't really see him. He was getting a backrub from Kurenai. That made me decide that maybe I'd get one if I went over there…
"What's up with him?" I asked, sitting next to Kurenai.
"He's sick." No duh. He's on his stomach and groaning. Oh, yeah, why don't you answer people while looking at them, lady?
"Yes…he has a fever…" added the Hinata-- yeah, I found out her name's Hinata. If the kid is red in the face, I think even I can figure it out.
"Yeah."
My eyes followed Kurenai's hand making its way up and down Kiba's tan back.
The kid has a fever…and she's giving him a backrub?!
EWWWWWWWWW! She's making contact with a teen. A SICK teen.
"Do you suppose he contracted it from the "food" you fed us, Kurenai?" I said mockingly. Kurenai still didn't look at me.
"…no…" she sighed. "Do you?"
"DUH!"
"Go to hell," was her sweet reply. I suddenly realized she was holding a glass of vodka. Vodka…at seven in the morning…I rest my case.
I suddenly caught Hinata leering at me, so I decided to leave the cave…Hyuuga whore almost sprang into action there.
Once safe from the rapist, I stood out and made an attempt to relax. Not that it worked. I need to find Anko before I crack. I hadn't realized it so fully, but…I miss her.
I miss her a lot. It's not the same without her. I was beginning to realize what Tsunade meant. Will she really be the same? Will I…ever find her. I'm going to go find her. The swelter of her presence is gone, leaving my skin to fight the cold pricking with each blow of the wind. Well, if I'm ever going to find her, I might as well try now, right?
"Kurenai, where's everyone else?" I asked, striding back into the cave.
"The other teens are off somewhere playing. Why?"
"Tell them I'm off looking for Anko. If I'm not back in thirty six hours, leave for Konoha without a second thought."
Kurenai's head snapped up from Kiba and looked at me directly. She held me in her gaze.
"Good luck and be careful. And if you find Anko…?"
"I'll…try to get you guys to help. If, you know, Oro doesn't kill me first." Kurenai smiled.
"Well. See you soon?"
"Hopefully! Anyway, bye."
I walked out of the cave and looked up until my neck got a crick. This would take a while. It's craggy, perfect for hideouts…and rockslides. If I find Anko, it won't matter to me even if I could never leave my bed again. She'd be by my side, and that's all I think I need to live. Well, might as well get going.
The higher I scaled the irregular valley, the colder it became, naturally. I think it might snow…IN OCTOBER! That's insane. The cloud cover is thick though, and the dang flak jacket isn't keeping the cold out of me. I'm not a huge fan of the cold, but I detest the heat. It needs to be seventy degrees and I'm happy. It's at least, oh, thirty degrees or so. Windy, too, so that didn't make it any warmer.
Geez. This freaking mountain, whatever the hell it is, is steep. Heck, if I'm not climbing a forty five degree angle, I don't know what I'm climbing. I'm hanging…upside down…I'M DEFYING GRAVITY! Oh, shit! I'm not even latching on with chakra. This is unbelievable. I craned my head over my shoulder.
Yeah. The ground is right below me. I have a perfect birds eye view. I'd say I'm about…two hundred, maybe three hundred feet above ground. So…if I fell…OKAY! Better not think of that. Lucky for me, though. Heights don't scare me. There is one thing that worries me though. How am I defying gravity and how much weight can this…cliff or something can take before snapping off? Anyway…onto the climbing. Climbing is easy. Maybe not the most fun thing ever, I'm definitely feeling the strain, and pain, on my abs, but it'll all be worth the pain of losing my life as long as Anko is still living. I don't care if I die, but I want her alive. Of course, if we both lived would be nice, but let's not get optimistic. Something is bound to happen. I'll either die, or she'll die, and then I'll be straitjacketed and psychotic for life…or…I'd commit suicide…
Okay, happy thoughts now! Uh, let's see…uh, well, nothing came to mind, so, yeah. Back to the pessimistic thoughts. It's really, really cold. My fingers are freezing. However, I can still hold on, upside down too. Ooh! This weird-ass cliff and or rock dealio is almost at an end. Well. I'm at the edge…so, now I have to pull myself up and over, right? Eh. That sucks. Whatever, if I fall I'll figure something out.
I held onto the underside of the cliff with one hand, and held the rest of my body while my other hand searched around if there was stable rock I could hang onto. Okay…weird, there actually is rock. Good. Amazing. So, I kicked off the underside and pulled myself up so I was climbing a ninety degree angle. Pssh, this in cinchy. I looked up. Surprisingly, there's only a few more feet to get up to flat land, I think. I quickly went up the five or six feet and pulled myself over so I was on flat land. Tch, some valley this is. More like Hellish Mountain. But then it hit me.
I've been climbing up here for…well, judging by the position on the sun, it's around four o'clock. So, I have bee climbing here for something like eight hours. I knew I had good stamina, but this is crazy. Is it possible to scale some gay cliff for that long? Enough complaining.
I noticed I'm in a really craggy area, and in front of me there's this slab of rock that looks like a tidal wave frozen in time. Hanging upside must have had some effects on my mental stability, because I'm sure I'm hearing "Hey, Mr. Squirrel" from somewhere. Well, I'm going to find out what it is. Going around the tidal wave thingy, I began to think it was a simple hallucination, until I saw Izumo and Kotetsu messing with a some bystand-ing crow.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
The two looked up at me and smiled.
"We went to go look for Anko, but we found this bird instead. He's a pimp!"
"WAIT! Kotetsu, it might be a girl." pointed out Izumo.
"Oh my god, yes!" Kotetsu smiled wider. "So, whaddaya need?"
How can a bird be a pimp? Ugh, stupid kids. Actually, they're Anko's age, but they act young sometimes. Like complete retards.
"How the hell can a bird have his sluts if it's a dang bird?" It's not possible for some gay bird to be a pimp…is it?
"Hey, retards, birds can't be pimps, so get back to the cave before I have to haul your asses back there myself."
"Is that right?" snarled Izumo.
"Yeah." These bastards I can sling both over one shoulder. If Izumo were gangly as Kotetsu, then I'd be able to toss one of the teens onto the pile.
"You're really uptight, you know that? We all know it. You're in love with Anko." Kotetsu said.
"Oh, please. Don't be ridiculous. I'm doing this because Tsunade told me to."
"SURRRRRE…" they said in unison.
"Ah, shut up. Get back to the cave.
"WHY?"
" 'Cause I fucking said so."
"Fine. Bye Mr. Squirrel! Treat the ladies well!"
The two disappeared in some puff of smoke. Okay, then. Forget them. I kept walking around the tidal wave, which now I noticed looked like a hand grabbing something. As stopped when I saw something. Behind that slab, there was a hole. It was carved into the slab, kind of like a cubicle, or a doorway but the hole was there. One big enough for me to slip into comfortably. But something else was noticeable. I crept closer and peered into it. I leaned forward and studied what was hanging on from the walls of the hole.
Reaching down I noticed it was a kunai. Judging from the marks along the sides, there was restrain involved here. And something else. I'm not sure if hanging from one of them is what I think it is, but I reached further blindly until I felt it. I felt it and sucked n my breath. The silky cloth or a headbands was licking my finger . I took it and pulled up so I could see it. The country's insignia was on it, but dried blood stained the metal plate and the cloth. Well, what I'm going to do is retarded, but if I want to know who's it is, I'll have to sniff it. So, here goes.
The whiff gave away Anko's scent, strong and noticeable. She had been here. Okay, I told Kurenai to return to Konoha in thirty six hours if I wasn't back, and there's twenty eight hours left, so…I'm going in.
Saying a prayer and silently writing my will in my head, I came to the edge of the hole and was a little hesitant in jumping in. I don't know how deep it is, but if Anko's down there, then I'm going. Anko might be down there, but there might be other things along with her. Oh, well. Here goes suicide. I did a little hop in and I knew I'd never come back alive.
Dang, the chapters I'm writing get longer and longer! YAY! Okay, people, review, and have a nice day!